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  The Class of 2018 Graduates from MIT

  

  holding in common the highest caliber of character, conscientiousness, and ... community in my career, and I remember how scary and surreal it was for ... next spring to the Class of 2015:   i wrote this to the students in

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 8, 2018
• Blog / MIT Life

  Expedition New England Travel That is Good for the Soul.

  

  ! Peep the other two puzzle boxes that will be completed and glued in the ... offer. Of course, with P-Sets and all, it is easy to get caught up in your dorm or libraries all weekend. In my opinion though, there’s more to life

  • by Jack-William B. '21
  • October 26, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  Breathe in, breathe out. Wow. I’ve barely had time to breathe let ... thoughts and feelings that exist in the MIT bubble. It's a little long but I ... up in time for breakfast Naked brunch Regular brunch Sushi in

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Admissions

  QuestBridge 2016 FAQ

  

  This is a blog entry specifically for finalists in the Quest ... use your QuestBridge application for that. In the Part 1, when you come ... in November/December/January. Am I still eligible for the Match? A

  • by Latasha Boyd
  • October 20, 2016
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Killer Mike, Lupe Fiasco, and the Dancing Body of the State five gatherings of many people

  

  This week was surreal, like turning pages in a book of moving ... in African-American communities that enjoy concentrated popularity ... Madonna's popular simplification of vogueing, of Beyonce J-setting in the

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • April 27, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2014…The Parent Edition Suggestions for getting the most out of CPW when you are a parent

  

  One would think that after seven years in this office I would not be ... attend with my child?" In truth, there won't be very many of them if you ... will. That said, it's important to check in occasionally so I'd suggest

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Catalogue of Fridays Like the unsolicited kind you get in the mail, but with more pictures!

  

  has the benefit of being in the middle of the week for those of us who ... -face-is-melting-from-lack-of-sleep exhaustion. I like to dabble in the ancient and storied art of The Doodle, so I thought I’d try to capture my last three Fridays and compile them in

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • December 10, 2013
• Blog / Athletics

  A Series of Embarrassing Events, Part 2 Neither zumba, nor yoga.

  

  , coordinated, muscular brunette named Ashley. It is held in the T-Club Lounge, a ... my Astrophysics pset (I typed up answers in LaTeX.) So, I doubled back ... . I clicked my way to the PE site, saw that yoga was offered in the T

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 16, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  Writing an essay using thumb tacks and arousing the suspicions of a snarky Nobel laureate

  

  doors. MIT CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS is printed on each in small ... of portraits of the 67 individual resident physicists. Each poses in ... Dirac Medallist smiles awkwardly in front of an innocuous upside

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 5, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Junior Fall Line-Up, Part 2: Extracurriculars My academic plans? I've got bigger plans. Better plans.

  

  Overheard at MIT (Fall 2012) [MIT Sophomore walks around in a circle ... ...you actually AREN'T doing work, because the total work in circular motion is zero ... ." is from a musical written by MIT students that I performed in. The

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 16, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Fortune Favors the merits of not working too hard

  

  story of an age? Of landing in the seat with the best view of the business ... Princeton in the first place?   This isn't just false humility. It ... played by accident in their lives. There's a lot of other good things Lewis

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Aged And Confused thoughts from a fossil

  

  If you live in Britain, or in a country sufficiently influenced by ... still in college, or, blinded by the bright lights of the Beyond, have ... works. So with that established, here at 25 things I've learned in my 25

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • November 5, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Harbinger of Doom, Despair, and Knowledge: PSETS Don't worry, not as bad as they sound.

  

  yourself into. As an expert in what he is and is not currently in, I'd be ... with since I'd done really well in BC calc, but decided to take anyway. I ... , but the only ones that end in "2" and "5" This went on for a while

  • by Chris M. '12
  • May 3, 2011
• Blog / About Decisions

  My How Times Change… ...and yet, they are much the same.

  

  In June I'll be celebrating, along with my MIT classmates, a pretty ... our fate, in fact, everyone got a letter and you pretty much knew if you ... day to school. Even in those days MIT announced their decisions earlier

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • March 9, 2011
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  How to Survive a Nor’easter New England hath no flurries like a winter storm

  

  West Coast-ers and international students take note: when it snows in Massachusetts, the precipitation comes down in shovelfuls. Now if you're like ... ; I know a few friends who have never seen snow in such amounts, let

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 11, 2011
• Blog / Admissions

  The Parent’s Guide to CPW ...it's not just for Prefrosh!!

  

  enjoy the weekend with us. Each one of us in the Admissions Office has a ... weekend has in store for that set of guests. But before I do that here are ... ?" In truth, there won't be very many of them if you are each doing what

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • April 6, 2010
• Blog / MISTI

  10:31 I wrote this entry on my iPhone about two minutes after boarding the 11:10 train…

  

  The guy in the row next to mine just asked the lady behind him if he wouldn't mind if maybe he reclined his chair in her space just a little bit ... 57 bucks on a bus 40 minutes after the one I had bought a ticket for in

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tasty water, the Charles River, and other things that are not synonymous First post!

  

  nature. I stashed the water in my assigned kitchen cabinet back at Random ... soaked in whatever toxic substance fills the Charles River, smashed a ... ), slept in a 3-foot long storage container at the Boston Museum, watched

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 11, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Of MUN and Academia What is Course X in Chinese?

  

  Sometime in the last month, I was forwarded a request to blog about Model United Nations at MIT. I covered this issue somewhat in this entry, when I went to UPMUNC in November. One of the most common questions the

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 18, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Hey VMars fans Wallace is Course 2!

  

  ’m supremely disappointed in his lack of judgment. Still. Mechanical engineering ... more snark in my life, you think? Responses to Comments Nur asked: Just ... people who are interested in joining RingComm. Those interested people send

  • by Laura N. '09
  • November 5, 2006